Concern remains after Camp Ipperwash settlement finalized
Eyes are on the future at Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, but tensions remain after the band accepted a $90-million federal settlement.
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Dudley George’s brother burned at protest
Dudley George’s brother burned at protest; police say injuries not life-threatening
Pierre George is engulfed in flames during a dispute between members of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nations at the entrance to the former army camp being returned by the federal government in London, Ont. on Sunday September 20, 2015. Some residents of the camp set a small fire to stop others from entering at the end of a peaceful march to signify the return of the land. George's brother Dudley was shot and killed by an OPP sniper during an occupation at Camp Ipperwash in 1995. Craig Glover/The London Free Press/Postmedia Network
Brother of slain First Nations protester engulfed in flames
George was to be taken from a Sarnia hospital to a burn unit in London, Ont., with second-degree burns on his hands, ears, and neck, according to Jesse Oliver, a Stoney Pointer who helped him set the protest fire. The two set the fire to show not all band members support the agreement.
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Historic Ipperwash Land Claim Settlement Reached
“The war is over”, the phrase used by Chief Tom Bressette describing ratification of an agreement between the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and the federal government.
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A photograph of Dudley George is affixed to a bench inside the provincial court building in Sarnia, Ont. Thursday. Beside it is a signature carved by the Stoney Point native, who died in an 1995 confrontation with Ontario Provincial Police.
Lengthy-awaited land deal
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A sign warns visitors to the former army camp at the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation of unexploded ordnance in parts of the 2,400 acre site in Ipperwash. (Free Press file photo)
Kettle and Stony Point band members ratify federal deal to return Camp Ipperwash
The band issued a statement Saturday saying its members have ratified a final settlement agreement for the cleanup and return of the former army camp lands — under federal government control since they were appropriated for the Second World War effort in 1942 — and a $95-million settlement.
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A sign warns visitors to the former army camp at the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation of unexploded ordnance in parts of the 2,400 acre site in Ipperwash. (Free Press file photo)
Ottawa offering $95 million including return of land
The outcome of Friday’s vote regarding the federal government’s offer of a $95-million settlement to the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point won’t be immediately known, possibly for as long as 10 days.
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